Apocharips colombiana Ferrer-Suay & Pujade-Villar

Ferrer-Suay, Mar, Paretas-Martínez, Jordi & Pujade-Villar, Juli, 2013, Revision of Apocharips Fergusson (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Charipinae) with description of three new species from Colombia, Zootaxa 3646 (4), pp. 487-500 : 489-494

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.4.8

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DOI

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scientific name

Apocharips colombiana Ferrer-Suay & Pujade-Villar
status

sp. nov.

Apocharips colombiana Ferrer-Suay & Pujade-Villar n. sp.

( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 )

Type material. HOLOTYPE Ƥ (IAvH): “ COLOMBIA, Boyacá, SFF Iguaque, Lagunillas, 5º25’N 73º27’W, 3380m, Malaise, 16.iv. 02.ii.2001, P. Reina leg., M-1738”. PARATYPE Ƥ (UB): “ COLOMBIA, Boyacá, SFF Iguaque, Lagunillas, 5º25’N 73º27’, 3380m, Malaise, 18.v. 10.vi.2001, P. Reina leg., M-1766”.

Diagnosis. Apocharips colombiana resembles A. angelicae having two last flagellomeres of female antenna well differentiated, not broadly joined. Several characters distinguish these two species: rhinaria and the club (antenna widening) begin in F 2 in A. colombiana ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 E) but in F 5 in A. angelicae ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 C); proportions of first flagellomeres are F1=F2<F 3 in A. colombiana ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 E), F1>F2=F 3 in A. angelicae ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 C); propodeal carinae form a plate with margins strongly curved in A. colombiana ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 D), but they are thick and separate in A. angelicae ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 D); A. colombiana lacks carinae on apex of scutellum ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 D), present in A. angelicae ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 D).

Description. Length. Female: 1.6–1.7 mm. Male unknown.

Coloration. Head, mesosoma and metasoma dark brown. Antennae dark brown. Legs yellowish brown. Veins brown.

Head. Triangular, higher than wide, smooth, shiny. Setae below and between toruli, few setae above toruli. Few setae on vertex, many setae on frons. Transfacial line 0.8 times height of compound eye. Malar space 0.3 times height of compound eye.

Antenna. Female: 13-segmented, filiform. All antennomeres with sparse setae. F1 smooth, thinner than remaining flagellomeres; F2-F11 with rhinaria, club-shaped. Antennal formula: 3 (2); 2.5 (1.9); 4.0 (1.2); 4.0 (1.7); 4.6 (2.0); 4.7 (2.0) ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 E).

Mesosoma. Pronotum with setae, less on posterodorsal margins; with two thick, curved, long carinae ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 C). Mesoscutum smooth, shiny, round in dorsal view, with few scattered setae. Scutellum smooth, shiny with scattered setae, more abundant on apex; apex without carinae ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 D). Propodeum with abundant setae; two propodeal carinae separated by setae in first third, forming a plate in two last thirds, with strongly curved sides ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 D).

Forewing. Longer than body, 1.5 times as long as mesosoma+metasoma. With dense pubescence and marginal setae ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 A). Radial cell 2.0 times as long as wide. R1 short, straight; Rs long, curved. R1 and Rs not reaching costal margin ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 B).

Etymology. This species is named after the first country where it was found.

Distribution. Colombia.

Apocharips hansoni Menke, 1993 ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 )

Type material of Apocharips hansoni Menke, HOLOTYPE Ƥ (USNM) designated by Menke (1993) with the following labels: “ Costa Rica, Cartago: La Cangreja, 1950m, III-V-1992, Malaise trap, Paul Hanson collector”, “ Holotype Apocharips hansoni Menke, Arnold S. Menke ” (pink label). PARATYPES 43 (USNM) with the following labels: 13 with the same labels of the holotype; “ Costa Rica, Alajuela, P.N. Volcan Poas, 2500m, 26.4.1991, Col. Paul Hanson”, “ Trioza sp. leaf gall on Phoebe or Nectandra ”, “ Paratype Apocharips hansoni Menke, Arnold S. Menke ”: 23; “ Costa Rica, Alajuela, P.NAC. Volcan Poas, 2500m, 22-IX-1991, Paul Hanson”, “Ex Trioza sp. leaf gall on Phoebe or Nectandra (Lamraceae) ”, “ Paratype Apocharips hansoni Menke, Arnold S. Menke ”: 13.

Diagnosis. Apocharips hansoni is differentiated from all other Apocharips species having small radial carinae on face, around clypeus ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 E). The rest of Apocharips species have a smooth face without carinae.

Redescription. Coloration. Head, mesosoma and metasoma dark brown. Scape yellowish brown, pedicel and F1 dark yellow, F2–F12 yellowish brown. Legs and veins yellowish brown.

Head. Triangular, higher than wide, smooth, shiny. Setae below and between toruli, few setae above toruli. Scattered setae on vertex, many setae on frons. Face with many parallel ridges between eye and clypeus. Transfacial line 0.9 times height of compound eye. Malar space 0.4 times height of compound eye ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 E).

Antenna. Female: 13-segmented, filiform. All antennomeres with sparse setae. F1–F3 smooth, thinner than remaining flagellomeres; F4–F11 with rhinaria, club-shaped. Antennal formula: 4.0 (2.3); 3.5 (1.9); 4.7 (1.3); 2.7 (1.3); 3.1 (1.4); 4.2 (1.5) ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 B). Male: 14-segmented, filiform. All antennomeres with sparse setae. F1–F3 smooth, thinner than remaining flagellomeres; F4–F11 with rhinaria, club-shaped. Antennal formula: 5.0 (2.5); 5.0 (3.0); 8.0 (2.0); 4.0 (2.0); 5.0 (2.0); 6.0 (3.0).

Mesosoma. Pronotum with sparse setae, less on posterodorsal margins; with two long, thick carinae ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 D). Mesoscutum smooth, shiny, round in dorsal view with few scattered setae ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 G). Scutellum smooth, shiny with scattered setae not being more abundant on apex ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 G); one or two carinae slightly curved at each side of apex of scutellum ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 C). Propodeum with abundant setae; two propodeal carinae well defined, thick, curved ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 C).

Forewing. Longer than body, 1.1 times as long as mesosoma+metasoma. With dense pubescence and marginal setae. Radial cell 2.4 times as long as wide. R1 short, very slightly curved; Rs long, straight ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 A). Distribution. Costa Rica (Menke 1993: 99).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Figitidae

Genus

Apocharips

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